Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Police then located numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police state early analysis suggest the fluid was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are presently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to solve the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
An important official stated the incident made him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the death of nine victims by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
