Vehicles in German City Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then found many other marked automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for information.
An important political figure commented the attack rendered him speechless and had to be addressed quickly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
