Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then found multiple other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations indicate the liquid was likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in relation with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior political figure stated the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine victims by a gunman focusing on residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
