Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other marked cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet informed of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack left him stunned and required to be resolved promptly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in 2020.
