Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered numerous other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors 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 suggest the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; investigators are presently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism left him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on a platform, referring to the death of nine individuals by a shooter targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
