Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then located multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any harm in connection with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior representative said the attack left him without words and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on people of migrant background in five years prior.
