Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say early analysis suggest the liquid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior political figure commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
