Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then found many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking political figure commented the incident rendered him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he stated on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
