Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking official commented the incident made him stunned and needed to be resolved promptly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter focusing on individuals of migrant background in 2020.
