Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then found many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for tips.
An important official commented the attack rendered him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
