Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered many other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police state initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are presently not aware of any harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official said the attack left him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
