Cars in German Town Found Smeared with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
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Approximately 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other smeared cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are not yet aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the attack made him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a gunman targeting people of foreign heritage in 2020.
