Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered many other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; officials are presently not informed of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A senior official said the vandalism rendered him speechless and needed to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a shooter targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
