Area Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then located many other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the event," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior official commented the attack rendered him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the murder of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of foreign heritage in 2020.