Area Police
Around 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report early analysis indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not aware of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure said the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be addressed quickly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
