Local Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police state early analysis indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
An important official said the incident rendered him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a assailant targeting individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
