Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement state they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered multiple other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state early analysis suggest the substance was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A senior official commented the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, referring to the murder of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
