Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then found many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests indicate the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; officials are not yet aware of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the public for information.
An important representative said the incident made him speechless and required to be solved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he stated on online, recalling the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in 2020.
