Cars in Germany's City Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Police
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Police then located many other marked automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are not yet informed of any injuries in association with the event," they added.
City officials stated they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the attack made him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
