Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police say they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in association with the incident," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior political figure said the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
