Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then located multiple other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities said they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior representative said the attack made him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
