Local Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Police state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered many other marked cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet aware of any injuries in association with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A senior political figure stated the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be solved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on social media, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
