Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations show the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not aware of any injuries in relation with the event," they commented.
City officials stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
An important political figure said the attack rendered him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on individuals of migrant background in 2020.
