Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations show the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are presently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were working "to unravel the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism made him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
