Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report early analysis suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are presently not informed of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior official said the attack made him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
