Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.
Officers then discovered many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations show the substance was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
