Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then discovered many other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement state early analysis show the fluid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet aware of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the public for information.
An important official said the vandalism made him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of migrant background in February 2020.
