Automobiles in German Town Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State

Incident location — Police reported they were contacted by a man who found a car in Hanau marked with red-colored liquid

Affected vehicle — Police reported they were contacted by a man who found a car in Hanau marked with red-colored liquid

Roughly 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.

Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.

Police say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.

The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.

Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.

Police report initial examinations show the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any injuries in connection with the incident," they commented.

Municipal representatives said they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the public for tips.

A senior representative stated the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be solved promptly.

"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on a platform, recalling the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.