Cars in Germany's Town Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Police
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state early analysis show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the case" and have requested to the public for tips.
An important official commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and required to be solved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
