Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then discovered many other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; officials are not yet cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be solved promptly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a gunman aiming at people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
