Cars in Germany's Town Found Smeared with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests show the liquid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in association with the incident," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for details.
An important political figure stated the attack made him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of migrant background in February 2020.
