Local Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers state they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the community for details.
An important representative said the incident left him stunned and required to be solved quickly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
