Cars in German Town Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Confirm

Local Police

Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.

Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.

The substance had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.

Police then found many other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.

These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi symbols.

Police say early analysis show the substance was probably blood from a person.

"Currently there is no clue as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any harm in relation with the event," they added.

City officials said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for information.

A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism left him stunned and had to be solved quickly.

"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, referring to the death of nine victims by a gunman aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.