Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say early analysis indicate the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the attack left him speechless and required to be solved quickly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
