Area Police
Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report initial examinations indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; officials are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking official stated the incident left him stunned and required to be solved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
