Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located multiple other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior official said the attack made him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the death of nine victims by a gunman targeting individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
