Automobiles in Germany's City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm

Incident location — Officers reported they were contacted by a man who noticed a vehicle in Hanau marked with reddish fluid

Affected vehicle — Officers reported they were contacted by a man who noticed a vehicle in Hanau marked with reddish fluid

Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.

Automobiles, walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.

Officers report they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.

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

Law enforcement then located many other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.

These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.

Law enforcement report early analysis show the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they commented.

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

An important representative commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.

"This act affects the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a shooter focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.