Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking political figure said the incident rendered him speechless and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he stated on online, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
