Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then found multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the residents for details.
An important official stated the incident made him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the murder of nine people by a gunman aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
