Cars in German City Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered numerous other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report early analysis suggest the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no indication as to its source; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the public for details.
A senior official said the vandalism rendered him stunned and required to be addressed promptly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
