Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then found numerous other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report early analysis suggest the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; authorities are presently not informed of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities said they were working "to solve the case" and have asked to the public for details.
An important political figure said the vandalism left him speechless and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on individuals of migrant background in 2020.
