Area Police
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered numerous other smeared vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police report initial examinations show the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to its source; officials are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for information.
An important official stated the vandalism left him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting people of migrant background in 2020.
