Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say preliminary tests show the liquid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; authorities are presently not informed of any harm in association with the event," they commented.
Local authorities said they were working "to solve the incident" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking representative said the attack rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
