Local Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are not yet aware of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior representative stated the attack left him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a gunman targeting residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
