Automobiles in Germany's Town Found Marked with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report
Area Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report early analysis show the liquid was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.
An important representative commented the incident made him stunned and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in five years prior.