Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Police say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other marked vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say early analysis suggest the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism made him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine victims by a gunman targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
