Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say early analysis indicate the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its source; investigators are currently not aware of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials stated they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior political figure commented the incident left him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
