Area Police
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state early analysis suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior representative said the incident rendered him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
