Automobiles in German Town Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Area Police
Around fifty cars have been covered 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 postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found numerous other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior official stated the attack rendered him without words and required to be solved promptly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
