Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then located numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations show the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not aware of any injuries in association with the incident," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking official said the incident rendered him speechless and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of migrant background in 2020.
