Local Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests show the fluid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A senior official said the incident rendered him speechless and had to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting residents of migrant background in five years prior.
