Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Police report they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered multiple other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests show the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are currently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the incident," they commented.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
An important political figure said the incident left him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
