Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then located many other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the substance was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; investigators are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they added.
City officials announced they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the community for details.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
