Local Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state early analysis indicate the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are presently not informed of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking political figure said the attack made him without words and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the death of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
