Local Police
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then located multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials said they were working "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the community for details.
A senior representative stated the vandalism left him stunned and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he stated on online, recalling the killing of nine victims by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
