Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report early analysis indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking official stated the attack left him speechless and had to be solved quickly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
