Automobiles in German Town Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm

Incident location — Authorities stated they were alerted by a man who found a vehicle in Hanau covered with red-colored substance

Affected vehicle — Authorities stated they were alerted by a man who found a vehicle in Hanau covered with red-colored substance

Around fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.

Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.

Officers say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.

The substance had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.

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

Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.

Law enforcement report preliminary tests show the liquid was probably blood from a person.

"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.

Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for details.

An important political figure stated the incident rendered him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.

"This act hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.