Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered many other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis indicate the fluid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the event," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to solve the incident" and have requested to the public for tips.
A senior political figure stated the incident made him without words and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in February 2020.
