Automobiles in Germany's City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then found many other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities said they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism made him without words and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a shooter aiming at people of migrant background in February 2020.
