Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials say early analysis suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; officials are presently not informed of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative said the attack rendered him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, referring to the death of nine people by a shooter targeting individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
