Vehicles in German City Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Police
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations show the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior representative said the incident rendered him stunned and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
