Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other marked automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting residents of migrant background in 2020.
