Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say early analysis suggest the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the community for information.
An important political figure commented the incident made him without words and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a assailant targeting people of migrant background in February 2020.
