Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report early analysis indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its source; authorities are currently not informed of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official said the attack rendered him stunned and had to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack in 2020," he stated on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
