Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials stated they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking official said the incident left him speechless and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack in 2020," he stated on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in 2020.
