Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations suggest the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are not yet aware of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior representative commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
