Area Police
Around 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Police report they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then found numerous other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police state preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; investigators are presently not aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.
An important political figure stated the attack left him speechless and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of migrant background in February 2020.
