Area Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located multiple other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior official commented the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be solved promptly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
