Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were working "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the public for information.
An important political figure commented the vandalism made him speechless and had to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, recalling the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
