Local Police
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found multiple other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report early analysis suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism left him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the murder of nine people by a assailant targeting people of foreign heritage in 2020.
