Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then found many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; authorities are currently not aware of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official stated the attack made him stunned and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting people of migrant background in February 2020.
