Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests indicate the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; authorities are presently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for information.
An important official stated the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the murder of nine people by a shooter focusing on people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
