Area Police
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Law enforcement report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then located many other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official stated the attack left him without words and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right attack in 2020," he wrote on online, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in February 2020.
