Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found many other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis indicate the liquid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; officials are presently not informed of any injuries in relation with the event," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the public for details.
An important political figure stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and required to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
