Local Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found many other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking representative commented the incident rendered him stunned and required to be resolved promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant targeting individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
