Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered many other marked cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say preliminary tests show the liquid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials said they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
An important political figure said the vandalism made him without words and required to be addressed quickly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
