Local Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered numerous other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say initial examinations show the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for tips.
An important political figure said the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he posted on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
