Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say early analysis suggest the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not informed of any harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior official commented the incident made him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
