Local Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then located multiple other smeared cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior political figure stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
