Cars in German City Found Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then found many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; authorities are not yet informed of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
An important political figure commented the vandalism left him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a assailant targeting individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
