Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then located many other smeared cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior official stated the attack left him speechless and required to be solved rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
