Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations show the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the community for information.
An important official commented the attack made him stunned and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
