Local Police
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations suggest the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
