Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then found many other marked automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests suggest the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the incident rendered him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right attack five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in 2020.
