Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then located multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; officials are presently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have requested to the public for information.
A high-ranking official stated the incident made him without words and required to be solved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
