Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then found numerous other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis indicate the liquid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were working "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
An important official said the vandalism made him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he stated on a platform, referring to the murder of nine victims by a shooter focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
