Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Police state they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests show the fluid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for details.
An important political figure said the attack left him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
