Vehicles in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police State
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Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its source; authorities are not yet informed of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior political figure commented the vandalism left him without words and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine people by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
