Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located many other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests show the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
City officials stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior political figure stated the incident made him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of migrant background in 2020.
