Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report early analysis suggest the fluid was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to resolve the case" and have asked to the public for tips.
A senior political figure said the vandalism rendered him speechless and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
