Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found many other marked automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations show the liquid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
A senior official said the incident left him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
