Area Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found many other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism made him without words and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
