Cars in Germany's City Discovered Marked with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Confirm

Area Police

Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a statement.

Officers state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.

The liquid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.

Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.

Police say initial examinations indicate the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.

"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; authorities are presently not informed of any harm in association with the event," they commented.

Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.

A senior representative stated the incident made him without words and had to be addressed quickly.

"This act hits the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.