Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were notified late on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism made him without words and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
