Area Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then found multiple other smeared cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests indicate the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
A high-ranking political figure said the incident made him stunned and required to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
