Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then found multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations show the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any harm in relation with the event," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to resolve the case" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior representative commented the incident rendered him speechless and required to be solved quickly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
