Vehicles in German Town Found Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Officers report they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then located multiple other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism made him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the death of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on people of foreign heritage in 2020.
