Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests show the liquid was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism left him speechless and had to be resolved quickly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a shooter aiming at individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
