π Share this article Automobiles in Germany's City Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm Area Law Enforcement Officers reported they were contacted by a resident who found a car in Hanau covered with reddish substance Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police. Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a release. Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid. The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated. Officers then found many other smeared cars and house walls in the surrounding area. These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols. Police say initial examinations indicate the substance was probably blood from a person. "There is still no lead as to its source; authorities are currently not aware of any injuries in connection with the event," they added. Local authorities stated they were attempting "to solve the case" and have requested to the community for information. An important representative said the attack made him without words and needed to be solved quickly. "This act strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.