Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.
Officers then located multiple other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; authorities are currently not aware of any harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to solve the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior official stated the vandalism left him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant targeting residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
