Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police state they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then found multiple other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state initial examinations show the fluid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; authorities are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A senior official commented the vandalism made him without words and required to be solved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
