Area Police
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials say early analysis show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior political figure commented the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he stated on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a gunman targeting residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
