Local Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found many other marked cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are not yet informed of any injuries in association with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior official commented the incident made him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
