Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism made him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
