Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered numerous other smeared cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; officials are presently not informed of any harm in relation with the event," they commented.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
