Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement say they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then located multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations indicate the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have requested to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure said the attack rendered him without words and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
