Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking official said the incident rendered him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman targeting individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
