Area Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations suggest the fluid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to unravel the case" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior political figure said the attack made him speechless and required to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on online, mentioning the death of nine victims by a gunman aiming at people of migrant background in five years prior.
