Area Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state early analysis show the fluid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior political figure commented the attack made him without words and required to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in five years prior.
