Vehicles in German Town Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Police
Around 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state early analysis suggest the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not informed of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
An important representative stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and required to be resolved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on social media, mentioning the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at individuals of migrant background in February 2020.