Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then located many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police state early analysis show the fluid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are presently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the event," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the residents for tips.
An important political figure said the attack left him without words and had to be solved rapidly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman aiming at individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
