Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered numerous other marked cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report early analysis suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any injuries in association with the event," they commented.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for details.
An important representative commented the vandalism left him without words and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at residents of migrant background in five years prior.
