Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism left him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the death of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
