Cars in Germany's Town Found Marked with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Report
Local Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police state early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any injuries in connection with the incident," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the community for information.
An important political figure said the vandalism left him without words and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
