Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then located multiple other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police state early analysis show the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism made him without words and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a gunman targeting individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
