Local Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Police say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests show the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are presently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism left him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the murder of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
