Vehicles in German City Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations show the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in association with the event," they added.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior official stated the incident rendered him stunned and required to be addressed promptly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
