Area Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located many other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior political figure commented the attack left him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
