Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
City officials stated they were attempting "to solve the case" and have requested to the community for tips.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine victims by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in five years prior.
