Automobiles in German Town Found Smeared with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers report they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis suggest the fluid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any injuries in relation with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior official stated the vandalism left him without words and required to be solved rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
