Cars in Germany's Town Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Local Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers report they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Officers then discovered many other smeared cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials state early analysis indicate the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials announced they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
An important political figure commented the vandalism made him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a assailant targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
