Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then found multiple other vandalized cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report initial examinations show the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they added.
City officials stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking political figure said the attack made him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting people of migrant background in February 2020.
