Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests show the fluid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack left him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in 2020.
