Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other marked automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests show the fluid was likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its source; officials are currently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the event," they added.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.
A senior official commented the attack made him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
