Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests show the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior official said the vandalism made him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
