Local Police
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found numerous other marked vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say initial examinations show the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; officials are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the community for tips.
An important political figure said the attack rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
