Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found numerous other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations show the substance was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not aware of any injuries in association with the event," they added.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure said the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
