Vehicles in Germany's Town Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report early analysis indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism made him stunned and required to be solved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of migrant background in February 2020.
