Vehicles in German City Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Report

Local Police

Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.

Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.

Police state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.

The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Officers then located numerous other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.

Law enforcement state early analysis show the fluid was probably blood from a person.

"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.

Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the residents for tips.

An important representative said the attack made him stunned and required to be solved rapidly.

"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at residents of migrant background in five years prior.