Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then found numerous other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Local authorities said they were working "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he posted on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
