Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Police say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any harm in relation with the event," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident made him stunned and needed to be solved promptly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of migrant background in February 2020.
