Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Police say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then located many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking representative commented the incident made him without words and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
