Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement report initial examinations show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A senior official commented the incident rendered him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, referring to the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
