Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say early analysis show the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official said the attack left him without words and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
