Vehicles in German Town Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement report they were notified late on Wednesday, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then found many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state preliminary tests suggest the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its source; authorities are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.
A senior official said the incident left him stunned and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of foreign heritage in 2020.
