Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; investigators are not yet aware of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have requested to the residents for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
