Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not aware of any harm in association with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to solve the case" and have requested to the residents for details.
An important political figure said the vandalism left him speechless and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on online, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
