Area Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they added.
City officials stated they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A senior representative said the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
