Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative commented the attack rendered him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the death of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of migrant background in 2020.
