Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Police then located multiple other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state preliminary tests show the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
An important official said the incident left him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
