Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state early analysis suggest the liquid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking representative stated the attack rendered him stunned and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
