Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered numerous other smeared cars and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet informed of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were working "to solve the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.
An important official commented the incident left him without words and required to be addressed promptly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
