Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then found numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials report early analysis show the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.
A senior official commented the attack rendered him without words and required to be solved promptly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a shooter targeting residents of migrant background in five years prior.
