Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have requested to the residents for details.
An important official stated the incident made him speechless and required to be solved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right attack five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
