Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations show the substance was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not informed of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.
An important official commented the attack made him stunned and required to be resolved promptly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he stated on online, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
