Area Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then found many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state initial examinations show the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they commented.
Local authorities said they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
An important political figure commented the attack left him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he stated on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a gunman targeting individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
