Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were notified late on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say initial examinations indicate the liquid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
