Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations show the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the event," they commented.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking official stated the incident made him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he posted on online, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
