Local Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other marked cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests show the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism left him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman aiming at individuals of migrant background in 2020.
