Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior official stated the attack made him stunned and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
