Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other smeared vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report initial examinations indicate the liquid was likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the event," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the incident" and have requested to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official said the incident rendered him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting people of foreign heritage in 2020.
