Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then found numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report early analysis show the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its source; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the incident" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he posted on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in February 2020.
