Local Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police state preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; authorities are presently not informed of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
An important official commented the vandalism made him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
