Area Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations show the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking political figure said the incident rendered him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
