Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then discovered many other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism made him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in 2020.
