Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then located many other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for details.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman targeting individuals of migrant background in 2020.
