Automobiles in Germany's Town Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Confirm

Local Police

Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.

Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.

Officers report they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.

The substance had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they added.

Officers then found many other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.

Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.

Police state early analysis suggest the fluid was probably human blood.

"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet informed of any injuries in relation with the event," they added.

City officials announced they were attempting "to solve the case" and have asked to the community for tips.

A high-ranking representative stated the attack rendered him without words and had to be solved promptly.

"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at residents of foreign heritage in 2020.