Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police say preliminary tests indicate the substance was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be addressed quickly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he stated on online, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant targeting residents of migrant background in February 2020.
