Area Police
Around fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Officers report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then located multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state initial examinations show the liquid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism left him without words and required to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of migrant background in February 2020.
