Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered many other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report initial examinations show the fluid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in relation with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the public for tips.
An important political figure said the attack rendered him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on people of immigrant origin in 2020.
