Cars in Germany's City Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Report
Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state initial examinations show the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of migrant background in February 2020.