Automobiles in Germany's City Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations show the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the case" and have requested to the community for details.
A senior official said the vandalism left him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a assailant targeting residents of migrant background in 2020.
