Area Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests suggest the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior representative said the vandalism made him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, referring to the death of nine people by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
