Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations suggest the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
An important political figure said the vandalism left him speechless and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
