Area Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report initial examinations show the fluid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A senior representative commented the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be addressed promptly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
