Area Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then located many other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in association with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the public for information.
A senior political figure said the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
