Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then located numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any harm in association with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
An important political figure said the vandalism rendered him speechless and required to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the murder of nine people by a assailant targeting individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
