Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered many other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report initial examinations show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet aware of any physical harm in association with the event," they commented.
Local authorities said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for tips.
A senior official said the incident left him speechless and had to be solved quickly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack five years ago," he wrote on online, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
