Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state initial examinations indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in association with the event," they added.
City officials stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism left him speechless and needed to be solved quickly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a assailant targeting individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
