Area Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found many other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests show the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no indication as to its source; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in connection with the event," they added.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
An important political figure said the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a gunman focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
