Area Police
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for information.
A senior political figure stated the incident left him without words and required to be addressed promptly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
