Area Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations show the fluid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative said the incident left him speechless and needed to be solved promptly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
