Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours 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 fluid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then found many other marked cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say early analysis suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
City officials stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior official said the attack rendered him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, mentioning the murder of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of migrant background in five years prior.
