Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered numerous other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the public for tips.
A senior political figure stated the attack made him speechless and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
