Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Officers report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered multiple other marked vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say early analysis show the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the event," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have requested to the residents for details.
An important official commented the attack left him speechless and had to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a gunman targeting residents of migrant background in 2020.
