Vehicles in Germany's Town Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Local Police
Around fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found numerous other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say initial examinations show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the event," they added.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking representative commented the attack left him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
