Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located many other smeared cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report early analysis suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism made him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a assailant targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
