Automobiles in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered many other smeared cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
City officials stated they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.
A senior political figure commented the incident left him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
