Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then found numerous other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say initial examinations suggest the liquid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are not yet aware of any injuries in connection with the event," they added.
Local authorities said they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.
A senior political figure said the attack made him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at people of migrant background in five years prior.
