Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations show the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not aware of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the residents for tips.
An important representative stated the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
