Cars in Germany's Town Found Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; officials are not yet cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, mentioning the death of nine victims by a gunman targeting individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
