Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then discovered many other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for details.
An important official said the attack rendered him speechless and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in February 2020.
