Cars in German City Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report
Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state initial examinations show the liquid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any injuries in relation with the event," they stated.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior political figure said the incident rendered him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
