Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered numerous other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state initial examinations show the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; authorities are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities said they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism made him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on online, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
