Automobiles in German Town Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located many other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism left him speechless and needed to be solved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman targeting people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
