Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say early analysis indicate the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
City officials stated they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking political figure said the vandalism made him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
