Cars in Germany's City Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Report

Area Police

Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.

Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a release.

Police report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.

The fluid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Law enforcement then found numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.

Police report preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.

"There is still no clue as to its origin; officials are currently not aware of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.

Local authorities stated they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.

A high-ranking official said the vandalism made him without words and required to be resolved rapidly.

"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he stated on a platform, recalling the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.