Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its source; authorities are presently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism left him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
