Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism left him stunned and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
