Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then located multiple other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police report early analysis indicate the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A senior political figure commented the incident left him speechless and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
