Local Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report early analysis indicate the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to solve the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism left him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
