Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then discovered many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report early analysis suggest the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the event," they commented.
Local authorities said they were working "to solve the case" and have asked to the residents for details.
A senior representative commented the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.