Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then found numerous other smeared cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking political figure said the vandalism left him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack in 2020," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
