Area Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were notified late on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative said the attack left him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he posted on social media, referring to the death of nine people by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
