Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations show the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the public for information.
An important official said the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be resolved quickly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
