Area Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Officers state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests show the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; officials are not yet cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to solve the case" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior political figure stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman targeting residents of migrant background in 2020.
