Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be addressed quickly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
