Area Police
Around fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then located many other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report initial examinations show the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; investigators are presently not informed of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the community for details.
An important representative said the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at individuals of migrant background in 2020.
