Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then found many other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report early analysis suggest the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are presently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the residents for details.
An important political figure said the attack left him stunned and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of migrant background in five years prior.
