Area Police
Around 50 cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then found many other marked cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report initial examinations show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; officials are not yet aware of any harm in association with the event," they added.
City officials stated they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the public for information.
A senior political figure stated the attack made him speechless and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a gunman targeting people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
