Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then discovered many other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests show the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the public for information.
An important official said the vandalism made him without words and required to be resolved quickly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
