Area Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report early analysis indicate the substance was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; officials are not yet aware of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the public for information.
An important political figure said the incident left him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of foreign heritage in February 2020.