Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then located multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations show the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; officials are currently not informed of any injuries in association with the event," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A senior official stated the attack left him stunned and required to be resolved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
