Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other marked automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
An important representative commented the incident rendered him without words and required to be addressed promptly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
