Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers report they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then located multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say early analysis indicate the liquid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are currently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities said they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking official said the incident made him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
