Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking official stated the attack left him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a shooter aiming at people of foreign heritage in 2020.
