Area Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed 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 banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior political figure commented the incident made him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a shooter targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
