Area Police
Around fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then located multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say early analysis indicate the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are presently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official said the vandalism made him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he wrote on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
