Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the event," they commented.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior political figure commented the vandalism made him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
