Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then located multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; authorities are presently not cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
An important political figure commented the attack left him speechless and had to be addressed quickly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
