Area Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report preliminary tests indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are presently not informed of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior official stated the incident left him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
