Area Police
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Police then found many other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state preliminary tests indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are presently not informed of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the attack rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
