Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were notified late on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered many other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report early analysis suggest the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for details.
A senior representative commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in 2020.
