Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located numerous other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were working "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.
An important official stated the attack made him stunned and needed to be resolved promptly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
