Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then located multiple other marked cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in association with the incident," they stated.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the public for tips.
A senior political figure commented the attack left him stunned and had to be resolved quickly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
