Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then found multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say early analysis suggest the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior political figure said the vandalism left him without words and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
