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Roughly fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report initial examinations suggest the fluid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are presently not cognizant of any injuries in association with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were working "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
