Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement report they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then located many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say preliminary tests indicate the fluid was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in association with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident made him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
