Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found many other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations indicate the fluid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; authorities are presently not informed of any injuries in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack left him stunned and needed to be solved promptly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the death of nine victims by a shooter focusing on people of migrant background in 2020.
