Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking representative commented the attack rendered him without words and had to be solved quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on online, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
