Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state early analysis suggest the fluid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; officials are presently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials announced they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have requested to the community for tips.
A senior official commented the attack made him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
