Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers state they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then found numerous other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report early analysis suggest the liquid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior official stated the vandalism made him speechless and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
