Area Police
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police say initial examinations show the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in association with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior official stated the incident rendered him stunned and needed to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
