Area Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then found numerous other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are presently not informed of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism made him stunned and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
