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Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then discovered numerous other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say early analysis show the liquid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
