Area Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then located multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say early analysis show the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the incident left him stunned and had to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant targeting residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
