Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police state they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A senior representative stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
