Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then found multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests show the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A senior representative said the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on online, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a gunman targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
