Vehicles in German City Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm

Incident location — Officers mentioned they were notified by a individual who found a car in Hanau marked with reddish substance

Affected vehicle — Officers mentioned they were notified by a individual who found a car in Hanau marked with reddish substance

Around fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.

Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.

Officers report they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.

The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.

Officers then found multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.

Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.

Police state preliminary tests show the fluid was probably human blood.

"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in relation with the event," they added.

Local authorities said they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for details.

An important representative commented the vandalism made him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.

"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine victims by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.