Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Law enforcement report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then located many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the event," they commented.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior representative stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
