Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations indicate the liquid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.
A senior representative commented the vandalism rendered him speechless and required to be resolved quickly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
