Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the residents for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the killing of nine victims by a shooter aiming at people of migrant background in February 2020.