Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found many other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for details.
A senior official stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and required to be solved promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a gunman targeting residents of migrant background in five years prior.
