Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then discovered multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report early analysis suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in relation with the event," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking official stated the incident left him without words and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on social media, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
