Vehicles in German City Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report
Area Police
Around fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the fluid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; officials are presently not informed of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
City officials announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior official said the incident left him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
