Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered many other marked cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police report initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
