Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement say they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report early analysis show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet informed of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and required to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
