Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then located multiple other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say early analysis suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; investigators are presently not informed of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials stated they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
A senior representative said the vandalism left him speechless and required to be addressed quickly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
