Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then found multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report initial examinations show the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; authorities are presently not aware of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
