Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then found multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say early analysis indicate the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; officials are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism made him without words and required to be solved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
