Local Police
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then located many other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests indicate the liquid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
Local authorities stated they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for details.
An important political figure stated the attack rendered him speechless and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on people of migrant background in 2020.
