Local Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then found many other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report initial examinations show the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; investigators are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to resolve the case" and have requested to the public for information.
A senior official commented the incident left him stunned and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a gunman targeting people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
