Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; investigators are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A senior political figure said the vandalism made him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
