Local Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism left him speechless and required to be addressed quickly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
