Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; authorities are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking political figure said the incident rendered him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
