Local Police
Around 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then discovered numerous other marked cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests indicate the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to solve the case" and have appealed to the public for information.
A senior political figure commented the vandalism left him speechless and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at people of migrant background in 2020.
