Local Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found multiple other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state early analysis show the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; officials are presently not informed of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A senior political figure said the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
