Automobiles in German Town Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Police say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say early analysis indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; officials are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior political figure commented the incident made him without words and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
