Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement state they were notified late on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other smeared cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official commented the attack left him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
