Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then found many other marked vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police say preliminary tests show the liquid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure said the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
