Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then found numerous other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report early analysis show the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A senior political figure said the vandalism left him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
