Local Police
Around 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis suggest the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its source; officials are not yet aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and required to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack in 2020," he wrote on online, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
