Local Police
Around fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then located numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state early analysis suggest the fluid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in connection with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior representative commented the vandalism made him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
