Area Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were notified late on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state early analysis suggest the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the event," they commented.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident left him speechless and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
