Local Police
Roughly 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then located many other marked vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests show the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the incident," they commented.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for tips.
A senior political figure commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine individuals by a shooter targeting people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
