Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations indicate the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior official stated the attack left him stunned and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
