Area Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located many other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state early analysis suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism left him speechless and required to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
