Vehicles in German Town Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack left him stunned and required to be addressed promptly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
