Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis show the liquid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they commented.
Local authorities said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism left him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
