Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then located many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A senior representative stated the incident rendered him speechless and had to be resolved promptly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
