Automobiles in Germany's City Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the event," they commented.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
