Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests suggest the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; authorities are not yet informed of any injuries in association with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
An important political figure said the vandalism made him without words and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in 2020.
