Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Police report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other marked cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
City officials said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for details.
A senior official stated the attack left him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
