Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found multiple other marked automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior political figure stated the attack made him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
