Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then found many other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials say early analysis suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the incident" and have requested to the residents for information.
An important representative commented the incident left him speechless and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the murder of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
