Local Police
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered numerous other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report early analysis indicate the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; officials are not yet informed of any harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the attack made him stunned and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
