Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Officers state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located many other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report early analysis indicate the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking representative stated the attack rendered him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman targeting individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
