Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Officers state they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis show the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its source; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the incident left him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in 2020.
