Area Police
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered numerous other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; authorities are presently not aware of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A senior official commented the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
