Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests show the substance was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
An important political figure said the attack left him speechless and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in February 2020.
