Vehicles in German City Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, 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 placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests show the fluid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not informed of any harm in association with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to solve the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the attack made him speechless and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.