Cars in German Town Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Around fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered multiple other marked cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report early analysis indicate the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking official said the attack made him speechless and had to be solved quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of migrant background in 2020.
