Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then located numerous other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report early analysis suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in association with the incident," they added.
Local authorities stated they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack rendered him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on online, referring to the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
