Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Police report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Officers then located multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests indicate the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; authorities are presently not aware of any harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
City officials announced they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior official stated the incident left him without words and required to be resolved quickly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on online, recalling the murder of nine victims by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in February 2020.
