🔗 Share this article Vehicles in Germany's City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm Area Law Enforcement Officers reported they were notified by a resident who found a car in Hanau smeared with reddish substance Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities. Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement. Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid. The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added. Police then found many other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area. Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols. Police report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely human blood. "At present there remains no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they added. Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the community for information. An important representative stated the vandalism left him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly. "This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.