Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report early analysis show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the community for details.
A senior representative said the attack left him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
