Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are presently not cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have requested to the public for details.
A senior representative commented the attack rendered him without words and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a shooter targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
