Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations show the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its source; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the public for details.
A senior official commented the attack made him speechless and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
