Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state early analysis suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
