Area Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not informed of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism left him stunned and required to be solved rapidly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
