Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism made him without words and required to be resolved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, referring to the murder of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in 2020.
