Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Officers then found numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state early analysis suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are currently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
City officials announced they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism made him without words and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, recalling the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.