Local Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found many other marked cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; authorities are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for information.
An important representative stated the vandalism left him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
