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Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police say they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to its source; authorities are presently not informed of any injuries in association with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for details.
A senior official stated the attack left him stunned and needed to be solved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman aiming at residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
