Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found numerous other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior political figure commented the attack left him speechless and required to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
