Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations indicate the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.
An important representative stated the incident rendered him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
