Area Police
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Police state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered numerous other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities said they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A senior political figure stated the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he posted on online, recalling the death of nine victims by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
