Cars in Germany's Town Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations show the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior official commented the incident made him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of migrant background in five years prior.
