Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Officers say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official said the attack rendered him speechless and required to be resolved promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, referring to the murder of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
