Automobiles in German City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Local Police
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Police report they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then located numerous other marked cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations indicate the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in relation with the incident," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for tips.
An important official commented the vandalism left him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.