Local Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then located multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state early analysis show the fluid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A senior political figure said the vandalism made him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the death of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
