Area Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police say they were notified late on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations indicate the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any injuries in relation with the event," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior official commented the attack made him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine victims by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
