Area Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.
Officers then located numerous other marked cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; officials are presently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he posted on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a shooter targeting residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
