Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the residents for details.
A senior representative commented the incident left him without words and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist attack in 2020," he stated on a platform, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
