Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests show the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
An important representative commented the incident rendered him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on people of migrant background in five years prior.
