Area Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located multiple other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
Local authorities stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for information.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a assailant focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
