Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then located many other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations show the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are currently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior political figure said the incident rendered him without words and had to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
