Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then located many other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials say initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; officials are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the attack rendered him without words and needed to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine people by a gunman aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
