Vehicles in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then found multiple other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any injuries in relation with the incident," they added.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for tips.
An important representative commented the incident made him speechless and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
