Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis suggest the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have requested to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the attack made him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the death of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
