Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered many other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police state initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; authorities are presently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack made him stunned and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a shooter targeting people of foreign heritage in 2020.
