Automobiles in German City Discovered Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests show the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet informed of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the case" and have requested to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official commented the attack left him without words and required to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
