Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then located many other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; authorities are currently not aware of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have requested to the community for tips.
A senior representative said the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
