Cars in Germany's Town Discovered Marked with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located multiple other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the incident made him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, referring to the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
