Area Police
Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report preliminary tests show the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are presently not aware of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a shooter aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
