Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; officials are presently not aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they commented.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A senior official said the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be solved quickly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
