Area Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Law enforcement say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials say early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for information.
An important representative commented the attack rendered him without words and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right attack five years ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
