Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior representative stated the incident made him speechless and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on online, referring to the death of nine individuals by a shooter targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
