Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Officers then located many other marked cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state early analysis show the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any harm in association with the incident," they commented.
City officials said they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior political figure commented the incident rendered him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant targeting residents of migrant background in February 2020.
