Automobiles in German Town Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State
Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Police then found many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism left him without words and needed to be solved quickly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.