Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Police then found multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state early analysis show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; investigators are not yet informed of any harm in association with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the public for tips.
An important official said the attack left him stunned and had to be addressed quickly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of migrant background in five years prior.
