Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the substance was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in association with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.
A senior political figure said the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the murder of nine people by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
