Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located multiple other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking official stated the incident made him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack in 2020," he stated on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
