Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then found many other marked vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the residents for information.
A senior official said the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a shooter targeting residents of migrant background in 2020.
