Area Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Police report they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not aware of any injuries in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
A senior political figure said the attack rendered him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
