Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found many other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior official stated the attack made him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
