Local Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then located multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report initial examinations show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are not yet informed of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the incident rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of migrant background in 2020.
