Vehicles in German Town Discovered Marked with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Report
Area Police
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered many other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing attack in 2020," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a gunman targeting people of foreign heritage in February 2020.