Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found numerous other smeared cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in relation with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior political figure said the attack rendered him speechless and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
