Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found multiple other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; officials are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, referring to the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
