Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement say they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found many other marked cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report preliminary tests show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; authorities are presently not informed of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the community for information.
An important official stated the vandalism made him without words and required to be resolved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
