Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state initial examinations suggest the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior representative commented the incident rendered him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
