Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Officers then located multiple other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report early analysis suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the incident made him speechless and had to be resolved promptly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine people by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
