Cars in Germany's Town Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Report

Area Police

Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Automobiles, walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.

Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.

The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.

Officers then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.

Police state preliminary tests show the substance was probably human blood.

"There is still no lead as to its source; officials are presently not aware of any injuries in association with the event," they commented.

Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have requested to the residents for details.

A high-ranking political figure stated the incident rendered him without words and had to be addressed promptly.

"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at people of immigrant origin in February 2020.