Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state initial examinations suggest the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; authorities are presently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior political figure commented the vandalism made him without words and required to be solved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
