Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior representative said the vandalism made him speechless and required to be solved quickly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
