Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then located numerous other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report initial examinations suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism left him speechless and had to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
