Automobiles in Germany's City Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered many other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report initial examinations indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism made him without words and had to be solved quickly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, recalling the death of nine people by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.