Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report early analysis indicate the fluid was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are presently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A senior representative said the vandalism made him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
