Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the community for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism made him speechless and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
