Cars in Germany's City Found Marked with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report

Incident location — Authorities reported they were alerted by a man who discovered a car in Hanau marked with red-colored substance

Affected vehicle — Authorities reported they were alerted by a man who discovered a car in Hanau marked with red-colored substance

Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.

Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.

Police report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.

The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Police then discovered many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.

Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.

Law enforcement say early analysis indicate the substance was probably human blood.

"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.

Local authorities said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the public for tips.

A senior political figure commented the incident left him stunned and required to be solved rapidly.

"This event affects the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.