Area Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered numerous other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its source; authorities are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior official commented the incident made him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in February 2020.
