Area Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Officers state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then found many other vandalized cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior official commented the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he posted on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a shooter focusing on people of migrant background in 2020.
