Automobiles in German Town Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior representative said the vandalism left him speechless and required to be resolved quickly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.