Local Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered many other smeared cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.
An important political figure said the incident rendered him stunned and required to be addressed quickly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
