Cars in German Town Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm

Local Law Enforcement

Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.

Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.

Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.

The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.

Law enforcement then found numerous other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.

Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.

Law enforcement say initial examinations suggest the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.

"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.

City officials announced they were working "to solve the case" and have asked to the community for details.

A high-ranking official said the vandalism left him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.

"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he posted on social media, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.