Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found numerous other vandalized cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; investigators are currently not aware of any injuries in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.
An important official stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be solved quickly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
