Local Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Law enforcement state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations show the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism made him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
