Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Police report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then located multiple other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say initial examinations show the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they commented.
City officials stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for details.
An important official said the incident left him speechless and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on online, recalling the murder of nine people by a shooter targeting people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
