Local Police
Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement report initial examinations show the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior political figure stated the incident left him speechless and required to be solved promptly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he stated on online, recalling the murder of nine people by a shooter targeting people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
