Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A senior political figure said the attack left him stunned and had to be addressed quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
