Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered numerous other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state early analysis indicate the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for information.
An important representative stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
