Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state early analysis show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A senior official said the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he posted on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in 2020.
