Local Police
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its source; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to solve the incident" and have requested to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative commented the attack left him without words and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
