Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found numerous other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say early analysis indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
An important official stated the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
