Automobiles in Germany's Town Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered numerous other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests show the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the public for information.
A senior official stated the incident made him stunned and required to be resolved quickly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
