Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis show the fluid was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; authorities are presently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities said they were working "to unravel the case" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior official commented the incident rendered him stunned and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
