Local Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Police say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report early analysis show the fluid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking official commented the attack left him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at people of migrant background in February 2020.
