Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were notified late on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then found many other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are not yet informed of any injuries in relation with the event," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
A senior official said the attack rendered him without words and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
