Local Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other marked automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the event," they added.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
