Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then found many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its source; authorities are currently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities said they were trying "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking official commented the incident left him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he posted on a platform, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
