Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement state they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found multiple other marked automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police state preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the event," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
