Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations show the fluid was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to unravel the case" and have asked to the community for details.
A senior political figure said the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be addressed quickly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a shooter targeting individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
