Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior representative said the attack rendered him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in 2020.
