Cars in Germany's Town Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Police report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a vehicle 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.
Law enforcement then located many other marked vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement report initial examinations indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior political figure commented the attack left him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine people by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.