Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests show the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are presently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the public for information.
A senior political figure commented the incident made him without words and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
