Area Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.
Officers then discovered numerous other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations indicate the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have asked to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident made him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
