Area Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say early analysis show the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
A senior political figure stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a shooter targeting residents of migrant background in February 2020.
