Area Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Officers then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests show the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet informed of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the public for details.
A high-ranking political figure said the incident made him without words and required to be resolved quickly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a assailant targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
