Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found numerous other vandalized cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis show the liquid was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in association with the event," they added.
Local authorities said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A senior official said the vandalism made him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine individuals by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
