Cars in Germany's City Found Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then located numerous other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the public for information.
An important representative stated the incident rendered him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant targeting people of migrant background in 2020.
