Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other smeared cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report early analysis show the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the community for information.
A senior political figure commented the vandalism made him without words and required to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a assailant targeting residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
