Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then found many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say early analysis suggest the fluid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; officials are presently not informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they commented.
City officials announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have asked to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official said the attack rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a gunman targeting residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
