Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then located numerous other vandalized cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its source; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A senior official stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine victims by a shooter focusing on people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
