Local Police
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police say they were notified late on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report early analysis suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A senior representative commented the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be resolved promptly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
