Area Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then found numerous other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
An important representative said the incident rendered him without words and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
