Area Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then located multiple other marked vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis show the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he wrote on online, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a shooter targeting individuals of migrant background in 2020.
