Vehicles in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Police
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
City officials stated they were attempting "to solve the case" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking official commented the attack made him without words and needed to be solved quickly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
