Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found many other marked automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the fluid was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its source; officials are presently not aware of any harm in association with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the public for details.
An important political figure said the attack left him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman focusing on residents of migrant background in February 2020.
