Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Law enforcement say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state early analysis indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are not yet informed of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the public for tips.
A senior official said the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack in 2020," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
