Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then located numerous other marked automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the event," they stated.
Local authorities said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior official said the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
