Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered multiple other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials say early analysis show the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official said the attack rendered him speechless and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he posted on online, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on residents of migrant background in 2020.
