Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Police say they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located many other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations show the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; officials are presently not aware of any injuries in association with the incident," they stated.
City officials stated they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be solved promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of migrant background in 2020.
