Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located many other marked automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations suggest the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; officials are presently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
City officials stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and required to be resolved quickly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of immigrant origin in 2020.
