Cars in Germany's City Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other marked vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations indicate the fluid was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; investigators are not yet aware of any injuries in association with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior representative said the attack left him without words and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the murder of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
