Local Police
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other marked cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests show the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are not yet aware of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism left him without words and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of migrant background in 2020.
