Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Officers then discovered many other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking official stated the incident left him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
