Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Law enforcement say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations show the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; authorities are presently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
A senior political figure said the vandalism left him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine victims by a shooter focusing on people of migrant background in five years prior.
