Vehicles in German City Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found numerous other smeared cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking representative commented the incident made him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
