Cars in Germany's City Found Marked with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then located multiple other smeared cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; investigators are not yet aware of any injuries in association with the event," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A senior official said the vandalism left him speechless and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he stated on online, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
