Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered numerous other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations show the fluid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior political figure said the attack rendered him without words and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine people by a assailant aiming at people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
