Local Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then located multiple other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations indicate the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking representative said the attack rendered him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on social media, mentioning the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at people of migrant background in February 2020.
