Cars in German City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Report
Area Police
Roughly 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say early analysis indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the community for tips.
A senior political figure stated the incident left him stunned and required to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
