Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Police say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the public for information.
An important representative said the incident made him speechless and required to be addressed promptly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
