Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then found multiple other smeared cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking representative commented the incident made him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
