Area Police
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered numerous other marked cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the liquid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; authorities are presently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for details.
An important political figure commented the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
