Local Police
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered multiple other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident left him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
