Local Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located numerous other marked cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests show the fluid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in relation with the event," they added.
City officials said they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for details.
An important political figure said the vandalism left him speechless and had to be resolved quickly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
