Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found many other marked cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say early analysis show the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; officials are presently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official stated the attack rendered him without words and had to be addressed quickly.
"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
