Automobiles in Germany's Town Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered many other marked automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police state preliminary tests show the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the event," they added.
City officials announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the attack left him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
