Local Police
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report initial examinations indicate the fluid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; authorities are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the community for details.
An important political figure said the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the murder of nine people by a assailant focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
