Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Police report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not aware of any injuries in connection with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for information.
An important representative said the vandalism made him stunned and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
