Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in relation with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for details.
An important political figure said the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
