Area Police
Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police report they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report initial examinations show the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; officials are not yet aware of any harm in association with the event," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking official stated the attack rendered him stunned and required to be solved quickly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
