Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then found many other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say early analysis suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing attack in 2020," he stated on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in five years prior.
