Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered numerous other marked vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state early analysis suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior official commented the vandalism made him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
