Automobiles in Germany's City Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Confirm

Incident location — Officers stated they were contacted by a man who noticed a vehicle in Hanau covered with red-colored substance

Affected vehicle — Officers stated they were contacted by a man who noticed a vehicle in Hanau covered with red-colored substance

Roughly 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.

Officers report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.

The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.

Law enforcement then found numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.

Officials report early analysis show the substance was most likely blood from a person.

"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they commented.

Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.

A senior representative stated the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.

"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at people of foreign heritage in five years prior.