Area Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations indicate the fluid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for tips.
An important official said the attack left him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
