Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered multiple other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report early analysis show the substance was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; officials are currently not informed of any harm in relation with the event," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the community for tips.
An important political figure said the vandalism rendered him speechless and needed to be solved quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a gunman targeting people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
