Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Officers state they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; officials are presently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the public for tips.
A senior official commented the attack rendered him stunned and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
