Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other marked cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report early analysis show the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are presently not informed of any harm in association with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident made him stunned and had to be addressed quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
