Local Police
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Officers report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state early analysis show the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the public for tips.
A senior official stated the incident rendered him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
