Cars in German Town Found Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 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 authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations show the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior representative stated the incident rendered him without words and required to be addressed quickly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
