Vehicles in Germany's City Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say initial examinations show the fluid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not informed of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for information.
An important official commented the vandalism made him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a assailant targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.