Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Police then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests indicate the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have requested to the community for information.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack rendered him speechless and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
