Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then found many other marked vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the attack rendered him stunned and required to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
