Local Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then found numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say early analysis show the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are presently not aware of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism made him without words and required to be resolved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a gunman targeting individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
