Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then located many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
