Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police report early analysis indicate the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a shooter focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
