Cars in Germany's Town Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then located multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations show the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have requested to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the attack rendered him without words and had to be solved quickly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
