Local Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then located many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis show the substance was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative commented the attack left him speechless and needed to be solved quickly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on online, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
