Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A senior representative commented the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, mentioning the death of nine victims by a shooter targeting people of migrant background in 2020.
