Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police say preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any harm in relation with the event," they added.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have requested to the residents for information.
An important political figure stated the attack left him without words and required to be solved promptly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
