Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then found many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have asked to the public for tips.
An important official commented the vandalism left him speechless and required to be addressed quickly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the death of nine victims by a shooter targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
