Area Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then found many other marked cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say early analysis show the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the public for information.
A senior official commented the incident left him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he posted on online, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at residents of migrant background in five years prior.
