Local Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not aware of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking official said the attack rendered him without words and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
