Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Police say they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report initial examinations suggest the liquid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they commented.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
An important representative commented the incident left him without words and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
