Vehicles in Germany's City Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then found many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not aware of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior political figure stated the attack made him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a gunman targeting individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
