Automobiles in Germany's Town Discovered Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Report
Local Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Officers then located multiple other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official commented the incident made him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
