Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; officials are presently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
An important official said the incident rendered him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
