Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the liquid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
An important political figure said the incident made him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the murder of nine people by a assailant targeting individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
