Local Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say early analysis indicate the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are not yet aware of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.
An important political figure said the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in five years prior.
