Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police say early analysis show the liquid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any injuries in relation with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
A senior official said the vandalism left him speechless and required to be addressed quickly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
