Area Police
Around 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior political figure commented the incident made him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
