Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found many other smeared cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say early analysis show the fluid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; authorities are presently not aware of any harm in association with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative commented the attack left him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack in 2020," he stated on online, recalling the death of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
