Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other smeared cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are currently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the community for information.
A senior official commented the attack left him speechless and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a shooter targeting individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
