Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were notified late on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations show the substance was most likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
A senior official stated the incident left him stunned and required to be resolved promptly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
