Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then found multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A senior political figure commented the attack rendered him speechless and required to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
