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

Area Law Enforcement

Around fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.

Vehicles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.

Officers state they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.

The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.

Officers then located many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.

Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.

Law enforcement report preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely blood from a person.

"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are not yet cognizant of any injuries in relation with the event," they commented.

City officials stated they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the public for details.

An important representative said the incident rendered him stunned and had to be solved promptly.

"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in 2020.