Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.
Officers then located many other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state early analysis indicate the substance was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; authorities are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were working "to solve the case" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking official said the incident rendered him stunned and had to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in 2020.
