Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say early analysis indicate the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior official said the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a shooter targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
