Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers say 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 red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found numerous other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report early analysis show the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; authorities are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the incident," they commented.
City officials stated they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking official stated the incident made him without words and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
