Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found multiple other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations suggest the substance was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
An important representative commented the vandalism left him speechless and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, referring to the murder of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
