Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say early analysis indicate the fluid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism made him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
