Vehicles in German City Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations indicate the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; investigators are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the residents for tips.
An important official commented the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
