Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report early analysis indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; officials are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the event," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
An important representative said the vandalism made him without words and required to be solved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
