Local Police
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police say they were notified late on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Officers then found many other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior official commented the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be addressed quickly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
