Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Police say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then located multiple other marked cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking official commented the incident rendered him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a shooter focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
