Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; officials are presently not informed of any injuries in relation with the event," they stated.
City officials said they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
An important political figure commented the attack made him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant aiming at people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
