Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Police then found multiple other marked cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police say initial examinations show the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; officials are presently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the residents for tips.
An important official stated the incident left him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he posted on social media, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a shooter targeting individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
