Area Police
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Officers then discovered many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations show the substance was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are not yet aware of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative commented the attack rendered him speechless and had to be addressed quickly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he stated on online, referring to the death of nine individuals by a gunman targeting individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
