Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then located many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations show the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet informed of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the community for information.
A high-ranking official said the attack made him speechless and had to be solved quickly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
