Vehicles in German City Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then found numerous other smeared cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior official commented the incident made him without words and needed to be solved quickly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
