Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report initial examinations indicate the liquid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; officials are not yet informed of any injuries in relation with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to resolve the case" and have requested to the public for information.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
