Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then located multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report early analysis indicate the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; officials are not yet informed of any injuries in association with the event," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism made him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
