Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests show the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative said the incident left him stunned and had to be resolved quickly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at residents of migrant background in 2020.
