Vehicles in German City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Police state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then found many other smeared cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests show the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking official stated the attack rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a shooter targeting residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.