Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; officials are currently not informed of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A senior representative commented the vandalism left him without words and required to be resolved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
