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Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests show the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in association with the incident," they commented.
Local authorities said they were working "to solve the case" and have asked to the residents for information.
A high-ranking representative stated the attack left him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant aiming at individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
