Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report initial examinations suggest the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking representative stated the attack left him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the murder of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
