Vehicles in Germany's Town Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; authorities are currently not informed of any harm in association with the event," they added.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior political figure said the incident rendered him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
