Cars in Germany's Town Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Police Report
Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its source; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the incident left him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
