Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other smeared cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; officials are currently not aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they added.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
An important official stated the vandalism left him without words and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
