Local Police
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then located many other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests show the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
City officials stated they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
A senior political figure said the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the death of nine individuals by a shooter targeting individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
