Local Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not informed of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative commented the incident rendered him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
