Area Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are not yet aware of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the public for details.
A senior political figure said the vandalism rendered him stunned and required to be resolved quickly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the death of nine victims by a gunman targeting people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
