Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then found many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement report early analysis indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior political figure said the attack rendered him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
