Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state early analysis indicate the substance was most likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism left him speechless and had to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
