Vehicles in Germany's Town Discovered Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then located numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations show the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any injuries in relation with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative commented the incident made him without words and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
