Local Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered many other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials said they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking official said the attack rendered him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he stated on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
