Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Police state they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations show the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; officials are presently not informed of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a assailant targeting residents of migrant background in 2020.
