Area Police
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Police then located multiple other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state early analysis indicate the fluid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
City officials said they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
An important official commented the incident rendered him without words and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a shooter targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
