Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Police state they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located multiple other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state initial examinations show the substance was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not informed of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A senior official stated the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
