Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations show the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking official said the incident made him without words and had to be solved quickly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on online, referring to the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
