Local Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state early analysis show the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they added.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking political figure said the attack left him speechless and required to be addressed quickly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
