Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then found multiple other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; officials are currently not informed of any harm in association with the incident," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior representative said the incident rendered him without words and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a gunman targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
