Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then found numerous other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report early analysis show the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the residents for information.
A senior representative said the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
