Area Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then found many other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; officials are not yet informed of any harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to solve the case" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior political figure stated the incident left him speechless and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
