Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; authorities are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking political figure said the attack made him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
