Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police state they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found numerous other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Police say early analysis indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the incident rendered him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
