Automobiles in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found multiple other marked cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; officials are currently not aware of any harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the public for tips.
An important official stated the attack left him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on people of migrant background in February 2020.
