Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then located many other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the fluid was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure said the attack made him stunned and needed to be solved promptly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine victims by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
