Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then located multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state preliminary tests indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; investigators are not yet aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking official commented the incident rendered him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on individuals of migrant background in 2020.
