Area Police
Roughly 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then located many other marked cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any injuries in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for details.
A senior political figure commented the incident rendered him speechless and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.