Local Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other marked cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state initial examinations suggest the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in connection with the incident," they commented.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the residents for details.
An important political figure said the attack left him stunned and required to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
