Vehicles in German City Discovered Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm

Incident location — Officers reported they were contacted by a resident who found a vehicle in Hanau covered with red-colored fluid

Affected vehicle — Officers reported they were contacted by a resident who found a vehicle in Hanau covered with red-colored fluid

Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.

Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.

Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.

The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.

Law enforcement then found many other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.

These symbols are banned in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.

Officials report preliminary tests show the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.

"There is still no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.

Municipal representatives said they were working "to solve the incident" and have requested to the community for information.

A high-ranking political figure said the attack left him without words and required to be resolved promptly.

"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a assailant aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.