Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then found many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A senior official commented the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
