Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police report they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located multiple other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state initial examinations show the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any harm in relation with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for information.
A high-ranking official stated the attack made him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of migrant background in 2020.
