Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis suggest the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for information.
An important political figure said the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
