Vehicles in Germany's City Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state early analysis show the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for information.
A senior representative said the attack rendered him without words and required to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
