Area Police
Around fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report initial examinations show the liquid was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its source; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
An important official commented the attack left him without words and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the death of nine victims by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
