Area Police
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then located multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state initial examinations suggest the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; authorities are presently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for details.
An important political figure commented the incident rendered him without words and required to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist attack in 2020," he posted on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a shooter targeting individuals of migrant background in 2020.
