Automobiles in Germany's City Discovered Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered numerous other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations suggest the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
City officials stated they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A senior official commented the incident made him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at people of migrant background in 2020.
