Vehicles in Germany's Town Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
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Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then found many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests suggest the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; authorities are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have asked to the community for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the incident rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of migrant background in February 2020.
