Automobiles in German Town Found Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report
Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the fluid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to solve the incident" and have asked to the residents for information.
An important political figure stated the incident rendered him stunned and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
