Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state early analysis indicate the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities said they were trying "to solve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the attack made him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack in 2020," he stated on online, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in five years prior.
