Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then located numerous other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; authorities are presently not informed of any harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior political figure stated the attack rendered him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
