Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police report initial examinations indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
An important political figure commented the incident rendered him stunned and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
