Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other marked vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for details.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident made him speechless and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of migrant background in five years prior.
