Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then located numerous other marked automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state early analysis show the fluid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were working "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior official commented the vandalism left him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on people of immigrant origin in 2020.
