Area Police
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior official said the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be solved rapidly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, recalling the death of nine people by a gunman targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
