Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then found multiple other smeared vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say initial examinations show the fluid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; authorities are presently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior political figure stated the attack rendered him without words and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
