Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Police state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests show the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior political figure commented the incident made him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
