Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to resolve the case" and have requested to the public for details.
A senior official said the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
