Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found numerous other smeared cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations show the substance was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; officials are currently not informed of any harm in association with the event," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have requested to the community for details.
A high-ranking official commented the incident made him stunned and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
