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Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Police then located multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations show the liquid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for details.
An important official stated the vandalism made him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman targeting individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
