Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then found many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking political figure said the incident left him speechless and required to be addressed quickly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at people of migrant background in five years prior.
