Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered numerous other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say early analysis suggest the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; officials are not yet informed of any harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident rendered him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
