Cars in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Report
Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then discovered numerous other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report initial examinations show the substance was most likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking official said the attack made him without words and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
