Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in connection with the incident," they stated.
City officials said they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the attack made him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
