Area Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted during the night 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 banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police state initial examinations suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be solved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
