Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Officers then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations show the substance was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior official commented the vandalism left him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a shooter focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
