Local Police
Around 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Police say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered numerous other smeared cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis indicate the liquid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not informed of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
An important political figure commented the vandalism left him stunned and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at individuals of migrant background in 2020.
