Automobiles in German City Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Local Police
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police state they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other smeared cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations indicate the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in relation with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure said the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
