Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet aware of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for information.
An important official stated the attack rendered him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, referring to the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
