Area Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located multiple other marked automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say initial examinations suggest the fluid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
