Local Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found many other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; authorities are presently not informed of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure commented the incident made him stunned and required to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on people of migrant background in five years prior.
