Local Police
Approximately 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then found numerous other marked cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis suggest the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; authorities are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the incident left him speechless and required to be solved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
