Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Police say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located multiple other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; officials are presently not informed of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
An important representative stated the incident rendered him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in five years prior.
