Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located multiple other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A senior official commented the attack left him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at people of migrant background in five years prior.
