Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement report they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then found multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the event," they commented.
City officials announced they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism made him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a gunman targeting individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
