Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say initial examinations show the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the incident" and have requested to the residents for information.
A high-ranking political figure commented the incident rendered him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.